Sentences with phrase «as extending the school day»

To date, the first - term Democrat has held five public forums throughout Ohio on K - 12 education, drawing crowds of 200 to 300 willing to consider such options as an extended school day or school year, and nontraditional age groupings for classes.

The school is actually focusing on many of the programs that FCPS used to provide to at - risk populations, such as an extended school day and year, which can be critical for students who need more time to master challenging content.

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, which has risen to prominence with its annual rankings of state charter school laws, sought to measure the «health» of each system, as determined by factors such as the size of charter populations, racial demographics, test scores and the use of «innovative» practices such as extended school days or apprenticeship programs.

SEAs and their technical assistance teams can also develop SECD implementation standards, assessments, evaluations, professional development opportunities, and policies conducive to SECD programming (such as extended school days), all of which they can pass along to the U.S. Department of Education to share with other states.

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On the structural side, they advocate such things as paid parental leave, flextime in the workplace, an extended school day and year, housing subsidies, tougher divorce laws, and welfare benefits favoring two - parent families.

As Houston - area schools continue to recover from Hurricane Harvey, some students still have not returned to their classrooms while still others face extended school days to make up missed time.

Sarah found her way to the Corvallis Waldorf School in 2003 where she has taught German to grades Pre-K through 8th grade, assisted in the Willow Wind Kindergarten, and served as the director of the Extended Day Program.

The administration of H.E John Dramani Mahama has really brought us hope with the many infrastructural projects dotted across the length and breadth of the kingdom such as the various Community Day Senior High School projects at various stages of completion such the Sapeliga SHS, Binduri SHS and Garu SHS, the Tamme Irrigation Dam, the Garu District Hospital, the Bawku Town Water system, the massive rural Electrification Expansion projects etc We are also glad that the Eastern Corridor Fiber Optic Cable which extends to the Bawku was successfully laid awaiting the next phase.

Cuomo included $ 75 million in the budget for reform initiatives, including expanding pre-K as well as creating community schools, extending the school day or year, and rewarding high - performing teachers.

Governor Andrew Cuomo's education commission recommends extending the school day and school year, as well as all day pre-kindergarten.

The school has reduced the administrative burden of managing cash as they can take payments for virtually everything, including extended day provision for their two year ‑ olds.

Educators should view an integrated learning day as a critical piece of a rich school year, thinking about how we can extend the day's connections and collaboration into the lessons that we craft throughout the year.

New funding, also announced in the Budget, will enable 25 per cent of secondary schools to extend the school day and offer further extra curricular activities such as sport and art.

Students in «50 - 50» language - immersion schools, in which students spend half of their day learning in a nonnative language, perform as well as, or better than, students in monolingual schools on standardized tests, and these benefits extend to English - language learners as well as native English speakers (Gómez, Freeman, and Freeman, 2005; Palmer, 2009; Thomas and Collier, 2002).

As a result of planning, some school systems have instituted extended - day (more than half - day, less than full) programs instead of the full day.

All schools will have considerable autonomy — including control over staffing, the authority to set their own budgets, and the freedom to offer extended school days or longer school years — but will be held accountable for results, and funds will follow students as they choose the schools that best meet their needs.

Following graduation, he went back to the classroom to help run several afterschool programs, including one at the Fletcher Maynard Academy, a public school in Cambridge where he now serves as the extended day director.

Take for example, the call for extending the school day; the development of a more demanding curriculum that better prepares students for a global, information - driven economy; building K - 12 and higher education collaboration such as in a K - 16 model, and providing alternative educational opportunities for high school students who feel they must go to work.

In its first year as an extended - learning - time school last year, the day at Kuss was expanded by almost two hours.

«Save Our Summers» movements have for years decried the benefits of additional instructional days and proclaimed the benefits of summer vacation, and the movements have grown as states have considered extending the school year and individual school districts have moved up their start dates.

Key recommendations include: extending the national child measurement programme to also measure fitness as a slim child does not necessarily mean a fit and healthy child, rebranding the «PE & Sport Premium» as the «Physical Activity & PE Premium» to address the core notion of inactivity, and recommending that head teachers take a «whole day» approach to physical activity by engraining it throughout the entire school day.

is unique in that students take twice as many math and science credits as required at traditional public schools, and commit to both an extended school day and summer classes which facilitate a 32 - credit curriculum.

As educators have become increasingly aware of the stagnating black / white and Latino / white achievement gaps, schools and districts have committed to addressing those gaps by supporting initiatives that can create equity, such as preschool interventions, extended school days, and summer programAs educators have become increasingly aware of the stagnating black / white and Latino / white achievement gaps, schools and districts have committed to addressing those gaps by supporting initiatives that can create equity, such as preschool interventions, extended school days, and summer programas preschool interventions, extended school days, and summer programs.

My childrens academy school has extended the school day by twenty five minutes which has not added any extra lesson as they have just added a form time at the end of the day.

With an extended school day, week, and year, students have more time in the classroom to acquire the academic knowledge and skills that will prepare them for competitive high schools and colleges, as well as more opportunities to engage in diverse extracurricular experiences.

But at least one key factor in the departures was out of his hands: The district and the teachers» union agreed to a stipend for participating in an extended school day that the recruits saw as offensively low.

Running a school with no extended learning day, and more than 700 students who ride buses from as far away as East Boston, principal Mary Driscoll understands what it means to have a partner like Steppingstone: It means more students gain access to extra academic instruction on - site.

This new report examines high schools that have implemented an extended learning day as part of the required educational program for all students, rather than just providing voluntary after - school programs.

The After School Club provides students with fun, engaging, and academically enriching activities to extend the learning that takes place during the school day and coordinates evening events to bring our families together as a commSchool Club provides students with fun, engaging, and academically enriching activities to extend the learning that takes place during the school day and coordinates evening events to bring our families together as a commschool day and coordinates evening events to bring our families together as a community.

An academy chain established by the schools minister has been forced to drop controversial plans to extend the day for children as young as five after protests from parents and teachers.

Butterfield Trail's efforts extend beyond the school day, as well.

With your support of publicly funded programs such as quality early childhood education, college and career prep, STEM initiatives, arts education, and extended - day learning, we will help existing schools work towards closing the achievement gap and help prepare our students for success in academics and in life.

Hence, an expansion of the portability provisions for private schools would constitute a voucher program and divert investments from our public schools, thereby affecting resources such as those for classroom instruction and curriculum, intervention services and extended day learning opportunities.

As schools battle to avoid a «mad dash» of revision and catch - up sessions, one London boys» school has extended the day for year 11 pupils to provide extra time for revision, coursework and exam preparation.

Even as policy makers are considering ways to make extended school days, an extended school year, after - school tutoring and multi-tiered interventions financially possible, school leaders must help teachers make maximum use of the time they already have.

The tax was initially expected to raise in the region of # 520 million which, as well as the premium, was earmarked to pay for an extended school day at 25 per cent of secondary schools in the most disadvantaged areas of England, and fund the expansion of healthy breakfast clubs.

They claimed they'd been told that signing the petition meant their children would get new technology like iPads, cleaner bathrooms and extended school days, but did not expect teachers to lose their jobs as the school turned charter.

If a school was in year two of an improvement plan, it will enter year three, which requires some sort of «corrective» measure, such as replacing school staff or extending the school day.

There are practical forms of help, says the report, such as allowing time and space for children to do their homework at school, which could mean extending the school day.

Expanded learning time, as the department defines it, would extend the school day, week, or year for all students, therefore capturing all students in a school, including those who might not enroll in before - or afterschool programs.

Anderson, 41, appointed in May 2011, has closed schools, replaced nearly half of the city's principals, extended the school day for thousands of students and opened new secondary schools such as Bard Early College High School, a rigorous program that allows students to graduate with a diploma and a two - year associate's dschool day for thousands of students and opened new secondary schools such as Bard Early College High School, a rigorous program that allows students to graduate with a diploma and a two - year associate's dSchool, a rigorous program that allows students to graduate with a diploma and a two - year associate's degree.

These operators would (as many government schools already do) have the ability to extend the length of the school day, and to adjust the pedagogical approach and curriculum delivery (although not the curriculum itself).

Presentations can address before - and after - school, extended day, community - based and summer learning opportunities, as well as workforce development, higher education and field - building research.

With a grant from the American Federation of Teachers Innovation Fund, the Meriden School District and American Federation of Teachers worked together to create a system in which teachers have increased collaboration time along with compensation for all additional hours worked as the district moved to extend the school School District and American Federation of Teachers worked together to create a system in which teachers have increased collaboration time along with compensation for all additional hours worked as the district moved to extend the school school day.40

«As part of our extended school day we have introduced a morning study club, starting at 8 am, during which the children enjoy a free breakfast and the chance to use Mathletics.

Northwest Academy students may enroll in AAH classes as part of their extended school day at no additional tuition.

Either way, school districts should do their best to max out their local levies to the greatest extend permitted by the new law — and then put away as much money as they can in their Rainy Day Fund to protect against the school funding declines that are almost certain to come due to the Levy Swipe Law's reliance on unstable home prices for funding our public schools.

Unfortunately, many of the most important features of the plan, such as extended learning time in core subjects and a longer school day to include enrichment in art, music, and academic tutoring, were never funded at adequate levels by the state.

His new attacks on public education include taking $ 17.1 million out of traditional public schools, which will curtail extended day and summer programs in needy school districts, make universal preschool impossible, not fund priority districts as promised and at less than last year, and limit aid for transportation of students.

EAA's goal is that these activities — coupled with an extended 210 - day school year — will help magnify the interdependence of the learning community and the links between a student's individual success and the success of the learning community as a whole.